Rockstar Hacker sentenced to Life in Asylum.

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The apparent lead hacker behind the infamous GTA VI leak effectively got sentenced to life in prison asylum (euphemistically dubbed "indefinite hospital order" to be sent to a "prison hospital"), after being found highly motivated to commit cyber-crime again. I suppose that means at least half of our elites should be sent to an asylum as well?
Another spicy detail: The hacker has been diagnosed with autism. I suppose hacking is his special interest.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67663128

His companion, who according to the article is also on the hook for allegedly stalking twowomen, "only" gets 18 months of youth detention. What the actual ♥♥♥♥. He gets locked in an asylum loony murderers and such for life, because he is disabled, but his partner in crime can look forward to be released rather sooner than later. He gets treated like a second-class citizen, solely because he got born with a disability. Just, wow! The UK legal system has reached a new low.

I think it's fair to say he'll get drugged-up, physically abused and the keys thrown away. There are definitely more productive ways to steer his special interest, but I suppose this was the easy route for the authorities.
Yeah, he did bad ♥♥♥♥, and there needs to be a sentence for this, but this is straight up abuse of the disabled and has nothing to do with a just legal system. He didn't even physically hurt anyone.
I totally get why the 'Muricans threw a tea party.

Needless to say, given this cruel punishment, I won't buy any games from Rockstar anymore. Neither will I buy cards from Nvidia. Found their GPUs work crap with Linux anyway, due to their proprietary drivers.

What do you think about the sentence? Please keep it civil.

[RaccoonBiceps.♡]

On topic, hackers capable of that are usually bailed out by the government themselves to work for them, skilled hackers are highly sought after by the military & special police units. He lost nothing.

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There is actually a Libertarian faction in the BIS.

It's a thin cover for nazis frankly. Don't know if their department still has crown favor or if they're officially rogue or not.

I wouldn't necessarily call Count Dankula a Nazi, but to each their own.

The BIS Libertarians are literally all ex-Nazis.

Tried to stage a coup or two.

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The dude literally committed high grade hacking on Rockstar's server WHILE UNDER POLICE PROTECTION. He is so unhindged to the concept of consequences he didn't even care he was directly being watched by police nearby. His crime is incredibly severe to begin with and would warrent years in prison, but add into the fact he doesn't even seem to grasp what he's doing...I get it.

This is also likely another John vennebels situation, where the U.K. Judiciary can just run whatever sentence they want to the point of practically being able to make new laws or systems, so likely the judge got desperate and just went wild.

also wait hwy are oyu boycotting rockstar over this? They have nothing to do with the decision all they did was push charges for the outright crime against them. They have no say in court proceedings.

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On topic, hackers capable of that are usually bailed out by the government themselves to work for them, skilled hackers are highly sought after by the military & special police units. He lost nothing.

He lost his freedom, and ultimately his rights too.

Arguably it's society that's lost out as a result.

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Escrito originalmente por videomike_Ultimate_Plushie:

The dude literally committed high grade hacking on Rockstar's server WHILE UNDER POLICE PROTECTION. He is so unhindged to the concept of consequences he didn't even care he was directly being watched by police nearby. His crime is incredibly severe to begin with and would warrent years in prison, but add into the fact he doesn't even seem to grasp what he's doing...I get it.

This is also likely another John vennebels situation, where the U.K. Judiciary can just run whatever sentence they want to the point of practically being able to make new laws or systems, so likely the judge got desperate and just went wild.

also wait hwy are oyu boycotting rockstar over this? They have nothing to do with the decision all they did was push charges for the outright crime against them. They have no say in court proceedings.

Woah wait, Rockstar used the police to hack their own servers to manipulate their stock?

On whose orders?

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Our monarchy donates vast amounts to animal and wildlife charities, nature reserves here snd keeps people in those jobs, I'm glad we have a monarchy

Yes.
I am not even sure why the topic of the monarchy has even arisen. There honestly seems to be a lot of ignorance in this thread - both of how serious mental illness can be, and how the UK justice system works.
The monarchy have had no power in the UK for a very long time. They are a mascot only.
I think the idea that they do have power is largely presented to pander to the popular American view. It's horribly out of date, though.
The politicians took power in the UK nearly 400 years ago after a civil war leading to the eventual execution of the then King. Since then, the monarchy has known it's place!!

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On topic, hackers capable of that are usually bailed out by the government themselves to work for them, skilled hackers are highly sought after by the military & special police units. He lost nothing.

Yes though when you hack Rockstar right in front of the cops watching over you(not quite that extreme but it was close) the question of being a controllable Asset becomes an issue.

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Escrito originalmente por Big NoyZ:

Our monarchy donates vast amounts to animal and wildlife charities, nature reserves here snd keeps people in those jobs, I'm glad we have a monarchy

Yes.
I am not even sure why the topic of the monarchy has even arisen. There honestly seems to be a lot of ignorance in this thread - both of how serious mental illness can be, and how the UK justice system works.
The monarchy have had no power in the UK for a very long time. They are a mascot only.
I think the idea that they do have power is largely presented to pander to the popular American view. It's horribly out of date, though.
The politicians took power in the UK nearly 400 years ago after a civil war leading to the eventual execution of the then King. Since then, the monarchy has known it's place!!

Actually the monarchy kidnaps and tortures problematic politicians all the time, when it doesn't just disappear them.

The execution of that king was infact a result of Crown Authority, who backed and staged the civil coup themselves.

Wasn't serving the country.

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Escrito originalmente por Birds:

Escrito originalmente por videomike_Ultimate_Plushie:

The dude literally committed high grade hacking on Rockstar's server WHILE UNDER POLICE PROTECTION. He is so unhindged to the concept of consequences he didn't even care he was directly being watched by police nearby. His crime is incredibly severe to begin with and would warrent years in prison, but add into the fact he doesn't even seem to grasp what he's doing...I get it.

This is also likely another John vennebels situation, where the U.K. Judiciary can just run whatever sentence they want to the point of practically being able to make new laws or systems, so likely the judge got desperate and just went wild.

also wait hwy are oyu boycotting rockstar over this? They have nothing to do with the decision all they did was push charges for the outright crime against them. They have no say in court proceedings.

Woah wait, Rockstar used the police to hack their own servers to manipulate their stock?

On whose orders?

No no, the kid in question kept hacking Rockstar even while under direct police protection. He didn't even grasp that officers being nearby able to figure out what he was doing might be a reason to not keep committing the crimes he was being charged with. The level of not understanding consequences does warrent psychological evaluation honestly

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I wouldn't necessarily call Count Dankula a Nazi, but to each their own.

The BIS Libertarians are literally all ex-Nazis.

Tried to stage a coup or two.

Okay, you don't mean any of those parties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Libertarian_Party

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On topic, hackers capable of that are usually bailed out by the government themselves to work for them, skilled hackers are highly sought after by the military & special police units. He lost nothing.

Disagree. Best outcome for him is being enslaved by the corporate-government complex after immense torture.

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Escrito originalmente por RaccoonBiceps:

On topic, hackers capable of that are usually bailed out by the government themselves to work for them, skilled hackers are highly sought after by the military & special police units. He lost nothing.

Yes though when you hack Rockstar right in front of the cops watching over you(not quite that extreme but it was close) the question of being a controllable Asset becomes an issue.

Right, and going right into the looney bin (on magistrate orders, against civil procedure,) screams "Royals committing heinous crimes again" and "plausible threat to Crown authority by acting in its name." So...

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Woah wait, Rockstar used the police to hack their own servers to manipulate their stock?

On whose orders?

No no, the kid in question kept hacking Rockstar even while under direct police protection. He didn't even grasp that officers being nearby able to figure out what he was doing might be a reason to not keep committing the crimes he was being charged with. The level of not understanding consequences does warrent psychological evaluation honestly

It sounds more like the police were just there to watch him while he did something for them?

Otherwise, like...what...they sat in a van outside while he hacked and they knew this, didn't do anything, basically set him up to do it, then skipped his civil trial and locked him up in an asylum?

That's insane. That can't be what happened.

Unless a Royal somehow abused their authority to make it happen.

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Escrito originalmente por Birds:

Actually the monarchy kidnaps and tortures problematic politicians all the time, when it doesn't just disappear them.

The execution of that king was infact a result of Crown Authority, who backed and staged the civil coup themselves.

Wasn't serving the country.

If you are just going to make stuff up then there is little point in even trying to have a conversation.

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Escrito originalmente por Pirate☠️Pocah:

Escrito originalmente por Big NoyZ:

Our monarchy donates vast amounts to animal and wildlife charities, nature reserves here snd keeps people in those jobs, I'm glad we have a monarchy

Yes.
I am not even sure why the topic of the monarchy has even arisen. There honestly seems to be a lot of ignorance in this thread - both of how serious mental illness can be, and how the UK justice system works.
The monarchy have had no power in the UK for a very long time. They are a mascot only.
I think the idea that they do have power is largely presented to pander to the popular American view. It's horribly out of date, though.
The politicians took power in the UK nearly 400 years ago after a civil war leading to the eventual execution of the then King. Since then, the monarchy has known it's place!!

The monarchy maybe has no real power anymore (they can pardon though), but they are ultimately the reason why this archaic court system still exists in the UK.

[Birds]

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Escrito originalmente por Birds:

Actually the monarchy kidnaps and tortures problematic politicians all the time, when it doesn't just disappear them.

The execution of that king was infact a result of Crown Authority, who backed and staged the civil coup themselves.

Wasn't serving the country.

If you are just going to make stuff up then there is little point in even trying to have a conversation.

I don't know why you feel the need to say that, having made things up. You can just not respond, it hurts your narrative less.